Just before World War I, the Ramsay family make a trip to their holiday home in the Hebrides, bringing several guests with them. While they are there, one of the children wants to visit a
lighthouse. After a ten-year gap, during which the war wreaks havoc on Europe, one of the guests returns to the house, and another trip to the lighthouse is proposed.
Told from multiple viewpoints in language that is precise, delicate, and allusive, To The Lighthouse gives unprecedented insight into the minds of the characters as well as a broader story
of personal and social change in the world after the war.
To The Lighthouse is a landmark work of English fiction. Virginia Woolf explores perception and meaning in some of the most beautiful prose ever written, minutely detailing the characters’
thoughts and impressions.

Summary

Summary

Just before World War I, the Ramsay family make a trip to their holiday home in the Hebrides, bringing several guests with them. While they are there, one of the children wants to visit a
lighthouse. After a ten-year gap, during which the war wreaks havoc on Europe, one of the guests returns to the house, and another trip to the lighthouse is proposed.

Told from multiple viewpoints in language that is precise, delicate, and allusive, To The Lighthouse gives unprecedented insight into the minds of the characters as well as a broader story
of personal and social change in the world after the war.

To The Lighthouse is a landmark work of English fiction. Virginia Woolf explores perception and meaning in some of the most beautiful prose ever written, minutely detailing the characters’
thoughts and impressions.

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Author Bio: Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) was born in London, the daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen, first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. From 1915 when she published her first novel,
The Voyage Out, Woolf maintained an astonishing output of fiction, literary criticism, essays, and biography. In 1912 she married Leonard Woolf, and in 1917 they founded the Hogarth Press.
Woolf suffered a series of mental breakdowns throughout her life, and on March 28, 1941, she committed suicide.

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Format:

CD

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MP3 CD

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CD, MP3 CD

Publisher:

Naxos

Publisher:

Naxos

CDs:

6

CDs:

1

Runtime:

7.65

ISBN:

9781094016917

ISBN:

9781094016924

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Audience:

Adult

Language:

English

AE Catalog ID:

F6B691

AE Catalog ID:

F1B692

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